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There's a comparatively easy path to bowl eligibility in major college football, where you schedule four non-conference paycheck games and then find two conference wins. Oh sure, you may just be 2-6 in your own conference, but 6-6 means a bowl game and reaching the bare minimum of a successful season.

This is why Ole Miss' home game on Saturday (11:21 a.m., SEC Network) against Arkansas is so important. Not only can the Rebels pick up their sixth win and clinch a second straight bowl trip, they can improve to 3-3 in the SEC. This is significant, as Ole Miss' SEC record from 2003-12 is 26-54 and ...